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In the case of Kargil, it might be said that an optimist's positive outcome -- the avoidance of nuclear war -- was achieved via a pessimists '"process" -- nuclear brinkmanship.
Russ Wellen: Do Nuclear Weapons Keep India and Pakistan From Each Other's Throats? Russ Wellen 2010
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This is one of the BBC's good old-fashioned dramas of flat caps and bicycles, cobbles and postal orders, as young James turns up in Scotland's capital of sunlessness with his cardboard suitcase and optimist's grin.
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In the case of Kargil, it might be said that an optimist's positive outcome -- the avoidance of nuclear war -- was achieved via a pessimists '"process" -- nuclear brinkmanship.
Russ Wellen: Do Nuclear Weapons Keep India and Pakistan From Each Other's Throats? Russ Wellen 2010
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In the case of Kargil, it might be said that an optimist's positive outcome -- the avoidance of nuclear war -- was achieved via a pessimists '"process" -- nuclear brinkmanship.
Russ Wellen: Do Nuclear Weapons Keep India and Pakistan From Each Other's Throats? Russ Wellen 2010
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In the case of Kargil, it might be said that an optimist's positive outcome -- the avoidance of nuclear war -- was achieved via a pessimists '"process" -- nuclear brinkmanship.
Russ Wellen: Do Nuclear Weapons Keep India and Pakistan From Each Other's Throats? Russ Wellen 2010
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Hopefulness is also the main message of Stacy Morrison's "Falling Apart in One Piece," though the subtitle, "one optimist's journey through the hell of divorce," points to a different outcome.
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Hopefulness is also the main message of Stacy Morrison's "Falling Apart in One Piece," though the subtitle, "one optimist's journey through the hell of divorce," points to a different outcome.
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He has two albums set for release over the next few months, a healthy schedule of live shows booked and an optimist's sense of the future.
Country star Charlie Louvin hopeful about pancreatic cancer battle 2010
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Hopefulness is also the main message of Stacy Morrison's "Falling Apart in One Piece," though the subtitle, "one optimist's journey through the hell of divorce," points to a different outcome.
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Hopefulness is also the main message of Stacy Morrison's "Falling Apart in One Piece," though the subtitle, "one optimist's journey through the hell of divorce," points to a different outcome.
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